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Baby boomers say their biggest health fear is cancer. Given their waistlines, heart disease and diabetes should be atop that list, too. Boomers are more obese than other generations, a new poll finds, setting them up for unhealthy senior years. ...

A comprehensive study about to be released by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services brings grim news about Suffolk’s water supply. First, some brief background. Back in 1987, the Suffolk County Comprehensive Plan revealed disturbing levels of contamination in ...

Discovering your computer has a virus can mess up your entire workday. But coming into the office finding your cubicle partner sneezing his way through a virus might be worse. As many ailing workers clock in and muddle their way ...

Fran Drescher will be spending Father’s Day in the Hamptons, fundraising for her cancer charity. Cancer Schmancer, a women’s health group Drescher, a uterine cancer survivor, founded in 2007, is holding a Father’s Day event at East Hampton Studio, 77 ...

Uniondale-based NuHealth is gearing up to unveil a new $36 million emergency department at Nassau University Medical Center, being billed as part of a larger modernization. The organization on Monday plans to hold a grand opening of a revamped, expanded ...

Richard Rubenstein isn’t afraid of the big, bold Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa. Rubenstein, who owns Bangz Hair Spa across Merrick Road in Bellmore from the new Red Door, which opened in early April, said even the pizza guy at ...

By Paule Pachter Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $132.5 billion state budget for 2011-2012, approved by the state Legislature, provides a maintenance of effort for those local food banks that administer the state’s Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food for ...

With the first of America’s 76 million baby boomers turning 65 this year, “old age” has been redefined, and big thinkers are recognizing new markets to conquer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention peg the current U.S. life expectancy ...

On April 28, the American labor movement marked the 22nd annual commemoration of Workers Memorial Day, a nationwide observance for workers who have lost their lives on the job. It is the date in 1970 when Congress passed the Occupational ...

By Cheryl Healton and Ellen Vargyas Employers are increasingly saying they will refuse to hire qualified employees and even fire those who smoke, regardless of whether the employees abide by the smoke-free polices. These employers are punishing individuals who struggle ...